When we began to put out funding appeals last year for our pre-school project there wasn’t much of an immediate response. By then the project had been running for almost 8 months and had facilitated 30-40 volunteers, but we still wondered what the fate of the project would be coming into 2014.

Fortunately, we didn’t stop at sharing the project online and applying for all sorts of funding. We were able to piece together a grant proposal to the Australian Embassy’s Direct Aid Program, but again I had my doubts, not wanting to get my hopes up for the application sent in 5 minutes before the official deadline.

It was late December when we heard our appeal had been approved! We’d be able to not only continue the project, but make many improvements in safety, curriculum, and extra-curricular activities.

Like many grants for small projects our size, the grant doesn’t cover the cost of the building we rent for the pre-school or allow us to hire any teachers. So of course, there’s always more work to do, but it does help me breathe a sigh of relief knowing we’ll be able to continue this project with amazing children and uplifting an one of Bangkok’s most overlooked communities.

Here’s a few photos of our new flooring, shelving, books, and our first field trip EVER with the pre-school thanks to the grant.

4 Comments to "Pre-School Update – Before and After Photos"

This is so heartwarming. The work you are doing is incredible, and I can only imagine how grateful people are for having met you. Thailand is so very close to my heart, I look forward to following your projects 🙂 Thank you!

Amelia says:

Hi Amelia, thanks for asking are you living in Bangkok? We sometimes have people in other areas of the world interested in sending supplies, but the shipping and other issues doesn’t make it feasable. What people in the past have done has been to collect donations and send with people vacationing in Thailand who drop off the books and other items when they pass through Bangkok.

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